As with any powerful emotion, anger can lead to loss of control if not handled with care. There are plenty of people who have unhealthy and irresponsible reactions to the feeling of love - they're blinded by a powerful emotion, just like your friend was.
That said, you have an advantage if you can recognize the underlying biological purpose each emotion serves.
The solution is not dismissing anger out of hand, nor treating it as the "black sheep" of our emotional array. We have a very good reason to be angry - our species is in a dangerous predicament, all of our institutions are collapsing around us and it seems there are very few in leadership positions who are on our side.
If that doesn't make someone angry, I would argue that they have been duped into a sociopathic response to emotion.
As with any powerful emotion, anger can lead to loss of control if not handled with care. There are plenty of people who have unhealthy and irresponsible reactions to the feeling of love - they're blinded by a powerful emotion, just like your friend was.
That said, you have an advantage if you can recognize the underlying biological purpose each emotion serves.
The solution is not dismissing anger out of hand, nor treating it as the "black sheep" of our emotional array. We have a very good reason to be angry - our species is in a dangerous predicament, all of our institutions are collapsing around us and it seems there are very few in leadership positions who are on our side.
If that doesn't make someone angry, I would argue that they have been duped into a sociopathic response to emotion.
I completely agree with all of that. It is not to be dismissed, anger is a marker to be followed.